principally
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"This shirt is not only a lasting reminder of one of the most important moments in football history, but is principally connected to the very moment that catapulted Pele into a global sporting icon."
From BBC ● Jul. 16, 2026
For his part, Thomas writes as though history resides principally in legal texts, 19th-century dictionaries, and carefully parsed debates over sovereignty.
From Slate ● Jul. 2, 2026
Whatever path Iranian funds take, they almost inevitably touch the dollar, in practice through dollar-pegged stablecoins, principally Tether, favored for its global liquidity.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 9, 2026
Snider and team point out, though, that recent strength has been driven principally by a 16% surge in earnings-per-share growth estimates.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 8, 2026
Seed treatment is not a wholly new thing, but in earlier years the chemicals principally used were fungicides.
From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson
